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First Sight

Chapter 1

Remus and Tonks

It was windy and hot and even hotter and Remus Lupin was walking -- quickly -- down the cracked sidewalk of Grimmuald Place.

Then the beautiful girl bumped into him, and he woke up.

"Oops, sorry!" she yelped, turning a nice shade of red.

It took him a few seconds and a couple dozen blinks to be able to answer. "No, it's fine, really," he said, smiling at her. Great, I look like a creep, he thought, the smile still plastered on his face. This smile looks completely fake, why can't I stop? He tried wrenching the stupid smile off his face, but failed.

To his surprise, the girl smiled too. "Heh heh. I'm probably the clumsiest person in the world."

Oh. He needed to comfort her. He tried comforting her. "I'm sure there are worse," he said. Idiot, he screamed at himself.''

The girl looked mad. "Excuse me?"

Crap. Did he say that out loud? "Oh no, no, no, no, um I was talking to myself!"

"You were talking to yourself," she said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes," he said, trying to calm her down, "I do that all the time, it's kind of messed up, I'm sorry." Anxiousness started building in his stomach.

A smile started tugging at her lips.

Remus hit himself mentally.

"Why did you just hit yourself?"

Damn, he kept doing that. "Um, I felt like it."

A giggle escaped her perfect lips. Her perfect lips...

He was going to die of embarrassment if he kept this up. "Er, sorry," he managed to stammer. "I -- I guess I'll see you around." He started to leave.

"I've seen you before," she said, her voice sounding like tinkling bells. He turned. She half-smiled. "At headquarters."

Oh. Nympha--Tonks. He hit himself mentally.

"You, um, just hit yourself again."

Oops. "Um, er, hobby."

She let out a full blown smile. "Right."

Of course he should have known it was Tonks. He had liked her since she walked through the hidden Grimmuald Place door for the first time. Well he had been asleep. Kind of. In shock from what had happened to the Diggory boy maybe. Maybe just depressed.

"Maybe we could meet up for ice cream sometime?" she said tentatively.

"How about now?" he said.

Wait. Did he say that? Did he? That was too bold, too bold, too bold. Bad Remus, bad Remus, bad Re--

"That sounds great. There's a place down the street." she said, letting out another wonderful smile. She smiled often, he realized. He just hadn't noticed.

"Um, er, actually maybe..."

She looked worried now. Concerned. Anxious. Nervous.

"I just thought you wouldn't want to spend time with me," he managed to choke out.

She smiled again. "I just thought I would." She held out her hand.

And Remus smiled slightly, took her hand, and continued down the sidewalk, no longer alone.

And they lived happily ever after.

More or less.

A/N: I really hope you liked it! If you could just drop me by a review, I would really appreciate it!